BitGou: 2011-03

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03/31/2011

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LATEST NEWS

U.S. support order, defection could buoy Libya rebels

WASHINGTON/LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. officials said President Barack Obama had authorized covert support for Libyan rebels fighting Muammar Gaddafi, while Libya's foreign minister defected, potentially tipping the scales toward the opposition. | Full Article

Japan under pressure to expand nuclear evacuation

March 31, 2011 04:46 AM ET

TOKYO (Reuters) - Pressure grew on Thursday for Japan to expand an evacuation zone round its stricken nuclear plant where radiation hit 4,000 times legal limits in nearby sea and hindered the battle to contain the world's worst atomic crisis since Chernobyl. | Full Article

Wall Street set to extend gains on recovery optimism

March 31, 2011 05:18 AM ET

LONDON (Reuters) - Wall Street was set to edge up on Thursday, the last day of the first quarter, extending gains a day after labor data helped to boost confidence on the prospects for economic recovery. | Full Article

Google takes on Facebook with latest social tweak

March 30, 2011 04:45 PM ET

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc will begin allowing users to personally endorse search results and Web pages, its latest attempt to stave off rival Facebook Inc while trying to jump onboard a social networking boom. | Full Article

China leads challenge to "scientific superpowers"

March 29, 2011 09:39 AM ET

LONDON (Reuters) - China and other emerging nations such as Brazil and India are becoming leaders in science to rival traditional "scientific superpowers" like the United States, Europe and Japan, a top British academy said on Monday. | Full Article

Yankees are very expensive "underdogs" this season

March 30, 2011 06:03 PM ET

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The New York Yankees are $200 million underdogs in the eyes of handicappers picking the Boston Red Sox to be World Series champions this season, and that has lit a fire under some of the Bronx Bombers. | Full Article

Aniston, Moore to direct short films on breast cancer

March 30, 2011 02:58 PM ET

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actresses Jennifer Aniston and Demi Moore and singer Alicia Keys will each direct a short film about breast cancer and its impact on people's lives for cable television network Lifetime. | Full Article

Coloring book used in jail drug smuggling scheme

March 30, 2011 12:12 PM ET

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Three inmates and their loved ones were charged with attempting to smuggle drugs into a New Jersey jail on the pages of a children's coloring book, authorities said on Tuesday. | Full Article